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Short Stories From Life

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Anthologies, Published 1900 onward
Chapter: 82 | Listen: 7

Life Magazine held a short story contest. Stories must be no more than 1500 words. Authors were paid for the number of words under that maximum. The shortest story accepted, and the one where the author received the highest payout, came in at 76 words. The stories published here where considered the best of the over 30,000 submissions. This volume presents the 81 best stories including the prize winning stories: (First Prize) Thicker Than Water by Ralph Henry Barbour and George Randolph Osborne, (Second Prize) The Answer by Harry Stillwell Edwards, and (Third Prize – tie) Her Memory by Dwight M. Wiley and Business and Ethics by Redfield Ingalls. – Summary taken from the Preface [chương_files]

Strange Roads & With the Gods in Spring

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Essays & Short Works
Chapter: 5 | Listen: 5

The centerpieces of this collection are two essays by Arthur Machen, Strange Roads and With the Gods in Spring. Both use images of journeys through the countryside to evoke a sense of place and an innate spiritualism found in nature. In addition to these two essays, taken from a stand-alone chapbook publication are two thematically similar poems by Machen that evoke folk legends of his native Wales. The collection is kicked off by an insightful appraisal of Machen’s literary career and his place in the pantheon of great authors of late Victorian period literature by Vincent Starlett. (Summary by Ben Tucker) [chương_files]

Sammlung kurzer deutscher Prosa 055

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Essays & Short Works, Short Stories
Chapter: 10 | Listen:

Diese Sammlung umfasst 10 deutschsprachige Prosa-Texte verschiedener Genres. [chương_files]

Notes On Democracy

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Political Science, Social Science (Culture & Anthropology)
Chapter: 24 | Listen: 4

American journalist H.L. Mencken’s Notes On Democracy was originally published in 1926, yet is still relevant almost 100 years later. Mencken has proposed some succinct and satirical definitions of democracy, such as, “Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.” And, “Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey house.” One predictable result of democracy, Mencken explains, is that the professional politician, who’s objective is always the job, and not the principle, is in a constant struggle for office and its rewards. The defeated candidate commonly takes his failure very badly. Regarding these sore loser “lame ducks”, he says: “…now and then there appears one whose wounds are too painful to be assuaged…. …This majestic victim not infrequently seeks surcease by a sort of running amok. That is to say, he turns what remains of his influence with the mob [common man] into a weapon against the nation as a whole, and becomes a chronic maker of trouble.” Notes On Democracy is a refreshing description of what a democracy is, and how it works, …and how it doesn’t work, and has timeless relevance in light of today’s political climate. – Summary by Lisa Reichert [chương_files]

11/07/2024

African Problem and the Peace Settlement

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Political Science
Chapter: 3 | Listen: 3

In this essay, the author directs our attention on the African continent and describes how the exploitation and colonization of Africa by European powers contributed to the then-ongoing World War. Without a just and measured settlement of African concerns, the promise is for continued warfare among nations even after the peace to be negotiated at the close of the European conflict. – Summary by KevinS [chương_files]

11/07/2024

Why Armenia Should Be Free: Armenia’s Role in the Present War

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Political Science
Chapter: 4 | Listen: 5

Here is a trenchant argument for the Allied Supreme Council, established at the close of World War One, to recognize and defend the independence of Armenia and its people. Responding to President Wilson’s call for the sovereignty of those who fought for self-determination during the war, the author outlines his people’s suffering and their efforts to earn recognition of their nationhood by joining the Entente in fighting against tyranny. (Summary by KevinS) [chương_files]

Sammlung kurzer deutscher Prosa 056

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Anthologies, Essays & Short Works
Chapter: 10 | Listen: 2

Diese Sammlung umfasst 10 deutschsprachige Prosa-Texte verschiedener Genres. – Summary by schrm [chương_files]

Global Trends 2030: Alternative Worlds

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Political Science
Chapter: 12 | Listen: 2

Global Trends 2030: Alternative Worlds is the fifth installment (published in 2012) in the National Intelligence Council’s series aimed at providing a framework for thinking about the future. As with previous editions, this report will stimulate strategic thinking by identifying critical trends and potential discontinuities. It distinguishes between megatrends, those factors that will likely occur under any scenario, and game-changers, critical variables whose trajectories are far less certain. As the diversity and complexity of various factors has grown, there is increased attention to scenarios or alternative worlds. At a critical juncture in human history, which could lead to widely contrasting futures. the contention is presented that the future is not set in stone, but is malleable, the result of an interplay among megatrends, game-changers and, above all, human agency. The ultimate goal is to encourage decisionmakers—whether in government or outside—to think and plan for the long term so that negative futures do not occur and positive ones have a better chance of unfolding. (from the Executive Summary, lightly edited for clarity) – Summary by Patrick McHaffie [chương_files]

Sämtliche Schriften 1911-1921, Teil 5

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Political Science
Chapter: 50 | Listen: 3

Carl von Ossietzky (1889-1938), Journalist, Pazifist und Friedensnobelpreisträger [1935], zählte zu den herausragenden Persönlichkeiten in Deutschland zwischen den Weltkriegen. Durch seinen investigativen Journalismus machte er in der Zeitschrift “Die Weltbühne” erstmals auf die Aufrüstung Deutschlands aufmerksam und wurde dafür 1931 wegen Spionage verurteilt. Dieser fünfte Teil seiner gesammelten Schriften umfasst in verschiedenen Zeitschriften und Zeitungen erschienene Artikel über Politik, Geschichte und Kunst. Viele der politischen Schriften sind noch immer perfekt auf die heutige Zeit übertragbar. – Summary by Carolin [chương_files]

Schrei

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Published 1900 onward
Chapter: 10 | Listen: 5

Der Roman ist eine Erinnerung an die Berliner Bohème-Zeit des Autors. Przybyszewsk erhielt die Anregung zu diesem Werk, als ihm der befreundete norwegische Maler Edvard Munch sein bekanntes Bild “Der Schrei” schenkte, welches wiederum angeregt durch eine Erzählung (“Totenmesse”) des Dichters entstanden war. In der für den Autor typischen rustikalen Sprache, die nie ins Obszöne abgleitet, setzt sich Przybyszewski mit dem Ringen des Künstlers um sein Werk auseinander. (Zusammenfassung von Friedrich) [chương_files]